English Passengers

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2000
Edition: First Edition

Description: 462 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: When Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his men set sail with their double-walled sincerity on a beautiful summer day in 1857 to transport a little cognac and tobacco from France to England, they had no idea where their journey was really going to be. English customs are not as sleepy as they think, and they find themselves in the port of London unexpectedly, the counter-gang is undetected, but in danger of losing their ship due to port fees and fines. Salvation brings a three-man expedition of crazy Englishmen who want to discover the Garden of Eden on the other side of the world, in Tasmania. With his novel, Matthew Kneale has succeeded in creating a book that is as exciting as it is detailed and at the same time historically sound - full of humor, seriousness and with a narrative power that is second to none.

ISBN: 9780241140680